Tool.



F. W. BLACK.

TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a0. 1916.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

STATES earn OFFICE.

. raan'x w. mack, or towns, KANSAS.

rootl Specification of Letters Eatent. JPaJbentedMmr. 2?, 191 "3'.

Application filed September 80, 1916. Serial No. 128,144.

V Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in.

n eans. for holding a nut or bolt and engaging with either the nut or the bolt whereby the nut and bolt may be threadedly connected or disassociated and the object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which shall embody the desirable features of cheapness, simplicity and thorough With the above and other objects in view the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing: a

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the operation of the improvement, and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improvement upon a greatly enlarged scale showing.

the chuck and jaw membersthereof in sec-l tion and engaging respectively with the nut and bolt.

usual head 3 which is revoluble upon the said arm of the sweep. The second arm of the sweep, indicated for distinction by the numeral 4, is in a line with the shorter arm 5 upon which the head 3 is arranged and the end of the arm 4 is provided with a chuck' or socket 5. It is, of course, to be understood that the chuck or socket 5' may be associated with the arm 4-in such a manner as to permit of the ratcheting of the device should the same be found desirable.

The numeral 6 designates the socket provided upon what I will term the movable jaw 7 of the device. The jaw includes an arm or shank 8 arranged angularly of the jaw 7 disposed parallel with thearm- 4 oil The improvement is primarily devised'fo'r applying the nuts and bolts to the meeting the brace 1. The end of the member 8 is oilset or turned angularly in the direction of the jaw 7, as indicated by the numeral 9, and this ofiset or angular end is provided w1th an opening 10 to receive the arm 4,

While the numeral 11 designates a helical spring which is disposed upon the arm 4 and exerts a end 9 of the aw 7 and the enlarged chuck 5" of the arm 4. By this arrangement it W111 be noted that the jaw 7 is normally forced toward the chuck end of the arm 4, and 1n operation the head of a bolt, or if desired, a nut, is placed in the socket 6 of the jaw 7, while the element to be screwed upon the member arranged within the said socket is arranged within the socket of the chuck 5. The head of the bolt ma 1m received within the socket 6 and moved longitudinally and outwardly of the arm 4 of the brace 1 to permit of the shank of the bolt being passed through the openings in the plates to be connected. The not is received in the socket of the chuck 5' and the arm for the said brace is permitted to move in the direction of the bolt. When the bore of-the nut is in a line with the threaded shank of the bolt, the brace is rotated by turning the sweep 2 thereof and by this means it will be noted that the nut can be easlly and quickly .screwed upon the bolt, while the bolt is properly held to receive the said nut. In order to facilitatethe operation of the device ll provide the arm 8 of the aw 7 with" an outwardly extending handle 12.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art .to which such invention appertains without" further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what 11 claim is:

p 1. In a tool for the purpose set forth, a brace member including za sweep provided with a chuck, a substantially til-shaped mem- I her havingone of its arms loosely connected with the brace, a spring between the said arm and the chuck of the brace, the second offset arm of the Uf-shaped member having a handle for the said U-shaped member.

2. In a tool for the purpose set forth,a brace including a sweep which has arms in ressure between the angular Be .jiwat .a socket disposed opposite the chuck, and

alinement one of which is of a greater length than the other, a revoluble head upon the shorter arm, a chuck upon the end of the a longer arm, a ]aw having a socket disposed 5 in a line with the chuck, said jaw including an angular arm arranged parallel with the lon er arm of the brace, the arm of the jaw having its end ofiset and provided with an opening to receive the longer arm of the brace, and s ring means between the said 10 ofi'set end 0 the arm of the jaw and the chuck of the longer arm of the brace for normally forcing the jaw toward the chuck, and a handle for the arm of the jaw.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 15 FRANK W. BLACK. 

